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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Mariner Books | | Edition: | 1st Mariner Books Edst Edition | | Page Count: | 400 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 06, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 48,976th |
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Product Description
One of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, GORILLAS IN THE MIST is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. As only she could, Fossey combined her personal adventure story with groundbreaking scientific reporting in an unforgettable portrait of one of our closest primate relatives. Although Fossey's work ended tragically in her murder, GORILLAS IN THE MIST remains an invaluable testament to one of the longest-running field studies of primates and reveals her undying passion for her subject. |
Amazon.com Review
In 1963, an occupational therapist from Kentucky, in uncertain health and spirits, traveled to central Africa in the quixotic hope of seeing a mountain gorilla in its natural habitat. Dian Fossey had read everything she could about the reclusive and much-feared animal, and she returned from her trip convinced that most of the books were wrong. During her seven-week stay in Africa, Fossey had a chance encounter with the famed primatologists Mary and Louis Leakey, who encouraged her to follow her dream of living among the mountain gorillas and learning their ways. In 1967 she did just that, setting up a camp on the slopes of the 14,000-foot Virunga Volcanoes of Rwanda and studying four gorilla families there. Although it took them some time to accept Fossey's presence among them, she was immediately impressed by their peaceful nature and by their generous, guileless behavior--so unlike the images found in popular culture. But, Fossey discovered, despite their peaceable way of life, the gorillas had many enemies in the form of poachers who hunted them for their hands, skins, and heads--ghastly remains sold to the tourist market. Much of Fossey's thoughtful but often rightly angry memoir Gorillas in the Mist is a well-reasoned plea for the protection of the gorillas and the suppression of the poachers' black market. That argument found a wide audience when her book was published in 1983, but Fossey's work remains unfinished: she was murdered, probably by those very poachers, in 1985, and today there are fewer than 650 mountain gorillas in the wild. To read Gorillas in the Mist is a first step for anyone concerned with their preservation, and that of other wild species everywhere. --Gregory McNamee |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 25 reviews)
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wonderful book by Bernard M. Bennett  5 Stars
July 06, 2009
We are planning a trip to Africa to see the mountain gorillas. Reading Ms. Fossey 's experiences with these magniicent animals is as though we have already been there. She shares her realities flavored with her emotions...a wonderful presentation. A very nice read. Her commitment to save these creatures and preserve thei habitat is to be admired and replicated by others who care about our world.
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great by Nancy Chapa (texas)  4 Stars
February 10, 2009
The book arrived on time and it was as stated, no complaints, the service was great and it was worth the money paid.
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Gorillas in the Mist by Susan Antrim (Kenosha, WI) 5 Stars
January 08, 2009
Cellar of Books shipped my hard to find hardcover copy fast and the item was as promised. Made a great gift combined with "Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photojournal of Dian Fossey".
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Dian Fossey: Gorillas in the Mist by Ellen R. Fissel (South Mountain, PA USA) 5 Stars
November 30, 2008
Gorillas in the Mist is one of the best books ever. Period. Dian Fossey was a great woman who wanted to save the very mountain gorillas that she loved and protected from poachers.
This book is a must have for those who want to learn about this great woman and the magnificent cretures she studied for nearly 20 years. I highly recommend this book. Buy it now and enjoy!
Trust me, you will have a reat time with this fantastic book of a dedicated woman and the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda.
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Excellent by musiclover 5 Stars
August 22, 2008
Saw the movie and wanted to hear the real story. Very real story - full of emotion and passion. Sad, happy, funny, intriguing, and more. Very interesting, even to a layman. Makes me want to know more. Fantastic read!
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